The Grant, Mark N. 1952- creator text bibliography mau Boston Northeastern University Press c2004 2004 monographic eng

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x, 365 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Mark N. Grant thoroughly investigates all aspects of the Broadway musical as he traces the transformation of singing and melody, libretto and lyric writing, dance rhythms, sound design, and choreography and stage direction through three distinct eras: the formative period (1866-1927), the golden age (1927-1966), and the fall (1967 to the present). He explores how and why the unsophisticated genre of pre-1920s musical comedy evolved into the creative, innovative, and immensely popular theater produced by the likes of Rodgers and Hammerstein, and then steadily faded as a significant entertainment genre in American culture. From soaring divas to growling rockers : how changes in singing forged and felled the show tune -- How mavericks, highbrows, and enlightened collectivism invented the book and lyrics and tweaked the music -- Revolutions in Broadway rhythm : how the rock groove decomposed the musical and dismantled the fourth wall -- The loudspeakers are alive with the sound of music : how electronics trumped the artful acoustics of Broadway -- Wagging the musical : how director-choreographers co-opted a writer's medium -- The age of McMusicals : vaudeville redux. Mark N. Grant. Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-337) and index. n-us-ny Musicals New York (State) New York History and criticism Musicales Historia y crítica Nueva York (Estado) Musicales Broadway (Calle, Nueva York, Estados Unidos) Broadway (New York, N.Y.) Broadway (Nueva York, Nueva York) ML 1711.8 G762r 2004 782.1/4/097471 9781555536428 1555536425 1555536239 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781555536237 (cloth : alk. paper) 2004014100 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0418/2004014100.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0418/2004014100.html DLC 040616 20240208154458.0 13625349 eng